Charles Howl is the solo project of London-based musician and filmmaker Danny Nellis. It’s been quite a journey for him since releasing a five track garage-surf-punk EP back in 2013, he and his words back then hidden behind a wall of fuzz. Debut album Sir Vices a couple of years later showcased the emergence of […]
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Urbanista’s Tapes Off The Track is a series of live recordings of local music talent, filmed in some of Merseyside’s most idyllic settings, with the aim of capturing the magic of our chosen artists in their purest, most stripped back form. Here is a session from the amazing Barney Goodall Barney Goodall is an adventurous […]
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Not a loss but not quite the full win either, last Saturday saw Ladies anticipated return to Studio 2 for the release of their new single. The show, essentially series of boys with guitars, had a slightly stilted beginning: sadly sparsely populated perhaps due to trying to follow last bank holiday’s bizarrely planned double festival. […]
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Gary Lucas who has played and composed with the likes of Jeff Buckley, Captain Beefheart, Lou Reed and Nick Cave, performed at the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room on Friday 4th May, Naomi Campbell went along to check him out and here is her review: The sounds of a frenzied acoustic guitar fill the room with […]
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Ahead of their Liverpool Philharmonic gig on Tuesday 10th July, Mike Kneafsey caught up with the Levellers for a chat on behalf of Urbanista Urbanista: “We The Collective” may be a new release which celebrates 30 years of the Levellers, it may include beautifully reworked hits, but I still get the impression that you are […]
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SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2018. LEASOWE CASTLE Skeleton Coast Festival returns for a third year on Saturday 1st September at Leasowe Castle. Located in the heart of the Wirral Peninsula, it’s the perfect location for headliners The Coral to launch their eighth album. Move Through The Dawn with the castle’s two halls and chapelcharacterised by a […]
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Urbanista’s Tapes Off The Track is a series of live recordings of local music talent, filmed in some of Merseyside’s most idyllic settings, with the aim of capturing the magic of our chosen artists in their purest, most stripped back form. Here is a session from the awesome Alan Triggs Alan is a singer songwriter […]
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Full disclosure, I play with most of these musicians on a regular basis and many are my friends. I feel perfectly comfortable telling you this because nothing I have written is hyperbole or designed to elevate my friends’ shit bands to a higher status, it is an account of a great evening through my eyes. […]
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VINNY PECULIAR is a man with a charm all of his own – he openly proclaims a love for words and he obviously cares about where he puts every word in every song, songs which he sings with passion and above all else, for me, a kindness. No wonder he’s been described as a “warm […]
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Urbanista’s Tapes Off The Track is a series of live recordings of local music talent, filmed in some of Merseyside’s most idyllic settings, with the aim of capturing the magic of our chosen artists in their purest, most stripped back form. Here is a session from troubadour Joe Topping. Joe first realised the power of […]
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